Law School Episode 5 - Final Devlog
Hello everyone,
Oh. My. God.
Finally, the last devlog for this episode.
It took a little longer than I expected, but we're finally reaching the end. Last week was great by most metrics, despite a few shadows on the board. I didn't get to work on the last scene with Rose. I felt like doing postwork instead, since there were still hundreds of renders in the queue and I was stressing about whether they'd all be ready for the beta. So I put all three PCs in render mode, hit 38°C in my office for the first and hopefully last time ever, and spent days doing postwork on my laptop.
That let me:
Finish the music for the episode
Revamp the whole UI
Update galleries and Facegram
Test the branchings
Postwork all the images I had, compile animations, and photoshop renders
Prepare the queues for renders that need modifications and re-rendering
Rework and fix the path builder of episode 4
And a bunch of other minor stuff, such as the new main menu animation, the new loading screen, etc...
In other words, all the most tiring tasks are done. I'm happy about that, it's pretty much where I wanted to be on the timeline. I need 2-3 days to create the Rose scene, and about a day to update the character logs, diary, and fun facts from your beloved Olive, plus create the customs for this episode. I also need to code the two minigames, but that's quick, and the assets for them won't take more than a couple hours.
I'm estimating I'll be done with everything by Thursday night or Friday morning, and I'll use the rest of Friday to test it fully without devmod, no cheating variables to see every path in one playthrough. It's easier to test that way, but I might miss crashes you guys would hit during your own playthroughs. After that, it goes to the testers and we'll see what's what.
A lot of renders are still in the queue and will finish while I'm away, so there shouldn't be any issue waiting on content to re-render.
It's not entirely finished yet, like I don't have the whole episode ready to be shipped, and like I said, I've only run cheaty playthroughs so far, but honestly, I'm happier and more confident about the quality of this episode than I was two months ago. The anxiety was through the roof. Not seeing the game as a whole, just bits of content and code here and there, does a number on how you see your own project. But playing through it, I surprised myself, laughing at my own jokes I'd forgotten about, getting hit hard in the feels, positive and negative both. The jump in my animation skills is WILD too. The first lewd scene of this episode versus the last one are two completely different worlds. I'm excited to keep improving.
So overall, I'm feeling good about sending this update out before I leave for a week. I don't want to pressure the testers, I never have and hope I never will, so I can't promise a release date. But they've been fast before, so hopefully I'll be back next week with a promo image and dates for you all.
The Season 2 Steam page also goes live when this episode releases (For wishlist only), which means I need to finalize the trailer. There's a cutscene from episode 4, during the library scene with Taylor, right at the start, short one, but I'm still waiting on the voice for my MC. So I might just get that Taylor bit done and use it for the trailer, even though it probably won't make it into the actual episode at release. I'll try to get it done ASAP.
I'll share the final render, word, and animation counts on release day.
So yeah, thanks again for the support. We're so close. I'm excited to hear what you all think of this episode. The mood shifts near the end, and there's new plots, new hints, and honestly a truckload of revelations, so I'm curious what you'll make of it, and whether some of your theories landed. It's as exciting for me as it is for you.
Anyway, back to it. Wishing you all a great few days until release.
Take care,
MisterMaya
Comments (41)
Can't wait to get to the next episode
When will you officially release it?
1. DPC 2. Maya Thnx for everything
I can't wait to get my hands on Season 2!
hell yeah man. Real excited to see whats new, take care of yourself though.
I’m already so excited and can’t wait! I’ll probably start a fresh playthrough to bridge the wait, so I can jump straight into continuing the story when it’s ready. Keep up the great work, MisterMaya!
I can't take it, I just want it already!!! :D
First of all huge congrats to your success. I hope nothing but only best for the developers. I have a question....... Is it the final episode Or there will be more?? I have been enjoying this game. It is one of the best game I have ever played. I would love to see more episodes of the Game.
Hey! It's not the last episode no, after episode 5 I'll move on to episode 6 :)
Can't wait to see what you cooked with this episode. Enjoy your vacation Maya, hope you'll have an awesome week.
EVERYBODY STAY CALM! ITS HAPPENING!
Just bought it on steam. Hoping it will have Chinese on season2 too and thanks for the hard work btw.
Lets gooooo!!!! You and DPC the best in the game 🔥💯
The final devlog means we’re officially in the endgame now. Good luck with the last bit of testing man. Take care and enjoy the break 💪
Thanks for the DevLog.👍😊 Release is getting closer, and I am looking forward to see the result of your hard work.
You go girl! 💅
Not long to go until I get to spend more time with our little Baguette Taylor, yay! Thanks for the hard work MisterMaya, it is very much appreciated!
Thank you for all work your doing Maya . I,m going on a vacation myself this week and i,m back 25 /8. Very exited coming back playing Law School again ,See ya later , Greetings Buddy
soon i can regret my lifechoice of being a manwhore lets gooooo
What a journey 😭 Thanks for all the hard work, MisterMaya. We're almost there can't wait!
Amazing news Maya so excited for you congrats on the milestone and I hope you have a great vacation and get to relax and chill. You deserve it! ❤️🔥
It’s actually diabolical how a good 5 creators or so that I follow have or will update soon with more to come 😭 right in the middle of work and school starting so soon
yeah. i bet they have secret best VN creators Iluminati conclave and they decided they will release all their updates at once.
Did you know that Law School stands alongside Being a DIK as one of the best AVNs in the world? :)
Eh, BaDIK paved the way so we could run, but I appreciate the compliment
Awesome, excited to see what you've been cooking up Mr. M. :] Also, I had to re-read this twice... "The jump in my animation skills is WILD too. The first lewd scene of this episode versus the last one are two completely different worlds. I'm excited to keep improving." I thought you said first scene in like season 1 or *last* episode. Man, you need to chill a bit and take it easy. You run the risk of reaching perfection way too fast at this rate :D
GOOD SUNDAY NIGHT 🌛🌃, MF MAYA AND EVERYONE!!! It's LITERALLY about to hit 12am 😅. Final DevLog before the new EP is released 🥳🎉!!!! #32: It doesn't even matter, for I see it's still DevLog #30 😅. My first up-to-date release of LS 😁. And I can't even play it 😭. Nooo… No wonder Rose looks sad in that render. You monster… you didn't finish her scene 😭. Woooo… That's a lot of stuff you got done 😅. Never mind… you're not a monster. You're a genius who just juggles things around 😂. Awesome! Great news to read/hear about 😁! Can't wait for everything when I eventually play and catch up 🤣. Oh, boy, all the days that I'm going to use to binge these playthroughs 😅. Hey… All our Devs go through anxiety with their games/releases 😅. And whenever it's available and ready to play 😅, don't worry about the release date or the testers. Hope you take a nice, deserved break after this EP is released 😁👍🏻. GL with that Steam trailer 🫡. And I'll wishlist it ✅️ if I haven't already. I JUST want to play this and catch up 😅. I AM SO BEHIND 🤣! As always, thanks for the DevLog, MF Maya (aka MayaMan/MorningMaya)!!! Keep on keeping on 😉!!! ALWAYS EXCITED AND EAGERLY WAITING FOR YOUR GAME AND READING YOUR POSTS 🙌🏻🔥!!! Love and appreciate everything! You ❤️, your ladies 😍, your posts 🥰, and your games ❤️! Always make my days better 🌈! Thank you, MF Maya and our fellow lawyers, for being in my life and being a part of my routine 😉! Stay safe, stay blessed, and stay in PERFECT health, beautiful people! And don't forget to stay hydrated! And you're never alone ❤️🫶🏻🫰🏻!!! OUR AVNS AND OUR DEVS CONNECTS US ALL 🤗!!! Have an amazing and beautiful week! I'll catch you all—ON THE NEXT ONE ✌🏻😁!!!
Hi MisterMaya, just purchased season 1 on steam as I read a lot of good things about your project. Can't wait to dive in and follow your updates as a newcomer!
Appreciate it, thansk for the support!
Mayaster at it once again. Outstanding work out there, these last few Logs have really increased the hype for me and i cant wait to see what you’ve cooked for Rose, and the game in general! Keep yourself healthy! (By that i mean please stack your fridge man, cant run with that juice only forever, even with the help of Président) :)
Beurre Président :gooned:
Really nice to see Episode 5 this close to the finish line. The UI revamp, path builder fixes and all the extra testing sound promising, and I’m especially curious to see how the animation improvements turn out. The new plots, hints and revelations near the end also sound interesting. Hope the final testing goes smoothly looking forward to seeing the finished result.
Yoo good job Mister Ojisan, looking forward seeing what you cooked up for us this time. Excited to see the armpit animations and piss content you talked about. Much love
Nice work Maya, looking forward to playing this! Super excited!
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So excited to have this in our hands soon and get to playing! Congrats Maya, enjoy the vacation and time off, I look most forward to the fun facts you choose and the girl who's telling them 👀
Super excited for the release! Let's go, Maya!
Will season 2 released on steam after episode 6?
Nope, season 2 has 4 episodes, so after episode 7
Thats why hes the goat, cant wait for the release maya!!
Thank you French :uwu: